Once again, Big Finish has reached the shortlist of the annual Scribe Awards, organised by the International Association of Tie-In Writers. The nominees this year are Dark Shadows: The Phantom Bride and The Flip Side and Blake's 7: The Armageddon Storm. Good luck to all of them!

Were delighted to bring you the cover for our next Blake's 7 Liberator Chronicles release, volume 8, out in May, and the trailer for April's full cast release, Mirror - but you might want to avoid listening to it if you've not yet heard previous adventures...

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Big Finish is pleased to announce further casting details for Dark Shadows: The Darkest Shadow - Alexander Vlahos and Jan Chappell! Written by Nev Fountain, writer of the award-winning The Eternal Actress, the story sees the return of immortal, star-crossed lovers Quentin Collins and Amanda Harris. Quentin is played by David Selby who voices Commissioner Gordon in the animated series Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and who recently starred in The Social Network. Amanda is played by Tony Award-winning Donna McKechnie, who has recently toured the US and the UK with her one-woman show Same Place: Another Time.

The eagerly-awaited second instalment of Paul Darrow's Lucifer trilogy is available to buy from May 2014. Paul Darrow tells us what's in store for Avon – and what's coming up in the final book, Lucifer: Genesis.

A look ahead to May as we preview the eighth box set for Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles. This time the enhanced audiobooks star Gareth Thomas, Jan Chappell and Jacqueline Pearce, returning as Blake, Cally and Servalan respectively.

We're delighted to announce the release today of the latest Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles box set: Volume 6. It provides the answers to some long-held questions of what happened to Blake and Jenna in the aftermath of the Galactic War, and also features the return of Tarrant, once more played by Steven Pacey!